Allene Z. Roach

OTHER NEWS TO NOTE - DEATHS

December 1, 1992

Roach, a journalist and teacher whose struggle with Alzheimer's disease was described in a 1985 book by one of her daughters, died Friday in New York City at age 65. She died of Alzheimer's disease, said her daughter, Marion Roach Smith. Smith's book, Another Name for Madness, described her mother's ordeal and how the family handled it.